David Cameron faces a possible defeat in the Commons over Europe today as
Labour MPs and Tory rebels join forces to call for a cut to the European
Union’s next budget.

Despite misgivings in Labour ranks, senior party sources signalled that Ed
Miliband would instruct his MPs to back a Tory rebel motion calling for a
real-terms reduction to the budget covering 2014-20.

The vote is a headache for the Prime Minister, who is calling for EU spending
to be frozen in line with inflation at next month’s Brussels summit. That
would allow for annual increases of about 2 per